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On my normal rides I go as hard as I can and make it through, with an eye on the fact I will ride tomorrow. As my recovery improves I want to go so hard that I have to lay in the yard at the very end and wonder if I am going to die or not.

I ride hard but as posted above, I remember I have to survive the night and get to work on time the next morning.
Sucking air brings along the aromas.
I can't stare at the ground and still look out for cars, dogs, turns, stops, etc.

I have time to check out the scenery because lately I've been riding with my wife. I LOVE IT, though. She's pushing herself, and improving every ride we do. One day soon, though, she'll catch up to me and I'll have to start pushing again. Then, we will grow at a similar pace and I'll have to start pushing harder. It's all part of the journey!

__________________If at first you don't succeed, Skydiving is not the sport for you!

It depends on the day and the ride. I might be hammering my 16 mile commute in to work doing intervals. I could be taking it easy on the way in and saving it for an extra 20mi off-road loop on the way home. Maybe I'm out for a nice easy populaire on a nice day; next weekend I might hit the same route at 20mph+ trying for a PR.

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"I feel like my world was classier before I found cyclocross."
- Mandi M.

It's not an either-or proposition. There is a time to ride hard, a time to just relax and enjoy the scenery and lots of combinations of both in-between.

__________________"Let us hope our weapons are never needed --but do not forget what the common people knew when they demanded the Bill of Rights: An armed citizenry is the first defense, the best defense, and the final defense against tyranny. If guns are outlawed, only the government will have guns. Only the police, the secret police, the military, the hired servants of our rulers. Only the government -- and a few outlaws. I intend to be among the outlaws" - Edward Abbey